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Pipes screen saver

I have an NT server, whenever I logoff thepipe screen saver comes on, this uses upa lot of the computer resource, is there any way to disable this. This pipes screen saver is not set in my display properties.Any suggestions ?

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Pipes screen saver

first thing I would do is to delete or rename sspipes.scr. It is the actual file for this screen saver. Also I would try downloading regclean from Microsoft. If the seetings are not sticking this may help clean it up.

Pipes screen saver

Pipes screen saver

If no one is logged on, then the system is using the "default" screen saver settings. You can disable this easily by changing a setting in the registry. Go to "HK_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop" look for the "ScreenSaverIsActive" Value, and change the data value from 1 to 0.

If you are not familiar with the registry or the damage that can result from mis-configuring the registry, you might want to get some help on this.

Pipes screen saver

Try using regedit and go to HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktopand look for the key SCRNSAVE.EXEthen change it to "logon.scr" or whatever you want.PS Usual warnings apply when modifying the registry - Its all on your responsibility andnothing to do with me!!!You might like to backup the registry before you do this.

Pipes screen saver

Pipes screen saver

LOOK IN THE SYSTEM.INI FILESCRNSAVE.EXE=<filename>Default: none Purpose: This setting specifies the ScreenSaver routine to display on the screen during periods of inactivity. TO CHANGE: Run ScreenSaver from Control Panel. This setting changes when you select a different screen saver.

YOU MAY HAVE SOME CORRUPTION IN THE REGISTERY:YOU COULD START RUN REGEDIT FIND FOR PIPES AND DELETE ALL THE ENTRIESTHEN F3 FIND AGAIN AND KEEP DELETING THE PIPES SCREENSAVER ENTRIES BUT...............THIS IS VERY DANGEROUSYOU COULD WIND UP DELETING THE WRONG THING.

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